Why UK television is simply a lost cause

ONE must ask to what level the BBC and Channel 4 have got to, when they have to revert to billboards and buses to advertise their programmes.

Yet still the BBC continues to upset its viewers, along with other countries, in its biased presentations or, as in the case of a story on BBC East Midlands Today, fails appallingly to convey the message and commemorate the tens of thousands who lost their lives constructing the Thai-burma Railway, otherwise known as the “Death Railway”. My grandfather was over 18 stone and a giant of a man, when he was incarcerated by the Japanese, but was just over six stone when released and a walking skeleton.

Then we had the insult and lack of respect shown to a blind contestant who was asked what the colour of the furthest ball in a game of snooker was.

As I previously mentioned, TV is undertaking a slow and painful demise, and subscription TV will become the norm. So one has to ask whether the Government will make the BBC and Channel 4 subscription channels, where one can cancel if their programmes are not fit for viewing, when controversy and vulgarity seem to be the only things on offer.

Once upon a time the BBC News and News at Ten stood for being unbiased and informative. Today they have become champions for promoting alternative politics and biased news, becoming similar to the false news that social media presents.

If there is anything relevant I need to know about daily news, I refer to my local paper, in other words the Nottingham Post, as it promotes news and facts, rather than emotions or unprofessional views or opinions. As for TV, I am afraid it’s a lost cause, period. Tony Morris

Carlton